Serial Alphabet Song

An adaptation of a traditional alphabet song to a 31-tone tone-row. This is traditionally sung in A.

Lyric	Pitch class	Interval from prev.	shortspeak pitch	shortspeak interval
A	0	(-10)	prsu	(-jadi)
B	6	+6	goto	+goto
C	19	+13	prfi	+prfo
D	23	+4	jaxa	+nuto
E	28	+5	javu	+jato
F	29	+1	govu	+prsu
G	12	-17	lefo	-lefi
H	5	-7	jato	-ledi
I	14	+9	gofo	+nuto
J	27	+13	nuvu	+prfo
K	7	-20	ledi	-lexa
L	15	+8	letr	+midi
M	22	+7	nuxa	+ledi
N	18	-4	prfi	-nuto
O	11	-7	godi	-ledi
P	16	+5	gotr	+jato
Q	13	-3	prfo	-mito
R	3	-10	mito	-jadi
S	24	+21	goxa	+mixa
T	21	-3	mixa	-mito
U	17	-4	lefi	-nuto
V	8	-9	midi	-nudi
W	9	+1	nudi	+prsu
X	1	-8	gosu	-midi
Y	4	+3	nuto	+mito
&	26	+22	javu	+nuxa
Z	2	-24	leto	-goxa
Now	30	+28	leco	+javu
I	20	-10	lexa	-jadi
know	25	+5	levu	+jato
my	10	-15	jadi	-letr

To repeat, make an elision back into the beginning: "Now I know my A B C D..."

Recordings

q.=61. with A drone in octaves, then with hangover for hearing the intervals, then a chorale (not yet notated).

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